Osprey
(Pandionhaliaetus)
Photographed in the wild,
Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, FL Mar 2013
Osprey's
are fishing birds and can be seen hovering above the water searching for prey.
When a fish is spotted, the Osprey dives down and will grab it using its large talons.
The fish is then flown (head first) to a perch, where it is devoured or taken
to feed it’s young, after the head is eaten.
Osprey
populations declined in the 1950's & 60's due to pesticides. But they have
slowly made a comeback. Their dark eye stripe makes them look like a masked
bandit.
Ospreys
have dark brown wings, nape, and an eye stripe. Ospreys also have a white chin,
throat, breast, belly, under tail coverts, and legs, yellowish eyes and a
curved black bill. They range about 21 to 24 inches in length.
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